The pauper in the new world : on not having a poor law -- The mixed economy of colonial welfare : faith, self-help and charity -- The veterans of labour : old age pensions -- The commonwealth laboratory -- "The duty of the nation" : a parallel welfare state for veterans -- The failures of the...

I discuss selected research contributions of the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research to 50 years of welfare policy for those of workforce age and focus particularly on the policy focus of R. F. Henderson, the inaugural director. Following the spirit of his 1960s poverty...

This book examines the advent of the ‘new liberalism’ in late Victorian and Edwardian times, challenging accepted views about its development. The book analyzes concepts of community, welfare, and state regulation in political theory and stresses the contribution of biological and...